[CPEO-BIF] "Testing Green Ideas" on the Zidell property, Portland, Oregon

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Testing Green Ideas On Brownfields

by Cassandra Profita
Oregon Public Broadcasting
September 20, 2012

Planners say the redevelopment of the 33-acre Zidell property on  
Portland's south waterfront offers an opportunity to test some green  
ideas on a large scale.

The soil on much of Zidell's south waterfront property was  
contaminated by industrial pollution. It's what environmental  
agencies call a brownfield site.

The company has removed or contained contaminated soil to keep it  
from seeping into groundwater and the Willamette River.


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For the entire story, see
http://www.opb.org/news/article/testing-green-ideas-on-brownfields-/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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